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They certainly won't be shut out. The Ottawa Senators are playing the Pittsburgh Penguins in an elimination Game 6 on Tuesday evening. The Penguins had so many chances to clinch this Eastern Conference final, to return home to play Nashville and begin their bid to become the first back-to-back Stanley Cup champions in nearly two decades. Read More »

Not so much for Johnny Cueto. Nunez has a hit in each of his last eight games and is batting.364 with two home runs and nine RBI during this time. Manager Joe Maddon did acknowledge that it's taken time for the outfield to get in sync after Dexter Fowler played center and Jason Heyward right for almost all of 2016. Read More »

SunSport can reveal that Conte has personally pleaded with the club's top brass to come up with a deal which will see the striker remain at Stamford Bridge. Thousands of pounds have been won in bets on Chelsea captain John Terry being substituted in the 26th minute of his final appearance at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Read More »

Ajax striker Kasper Dolberg admits that he would be happy to score the ugliest goal of his career if it wins the Europa League against Manchester United on Wednesday night. Champions League qualification would not only secure United extra funds - more than $1.4 billion was shared among Champions League clubs in the 2016/17 season - but the lure of top European football would also help the club attract high-caliber players during the summer transfer window. Read More »

So I am happy with the situation today. "But again, I accept that to your eyes are the football results that make that decision and I'm ready for that". At the moment, the Premier League matches are the ones we do not want to play. Asked what his approach to selection would be, he said: "The same". "The ones that needed to play 90 minutes got to play, we got no injuries". Read More »

Cleveland not only surrendered a 21-point lead in Game Three but blew chances to set a play-off record for consecutive wins (14) dating to Game Five of last year's finals, and to become the fourth team in history to start the play-offs 11-0. Read More »

Laurent Koscielny will miss the final through suspension while Gabriel is also expected to be ruled out amid fears he may have suffered knee ligament damage. Nacho Monreal can also play at centre back, however the Spaniard's best performances have come when the former Malaga fullback has played at wingback, meaning Wenger could be reluctant to deploy Monreal at centre back. Read More »

With 30 wins from 38, no one can say they haven't deserved it and there's also something infinitely more likeable about this current crop of Chelsea players, especially their manager. For this reason, we must find motivation and find in ourselves the right anger. Needing a win to make sure of a return to Europe's premier club competition, Jürgen Klopp's side looked edgy early on but the tension was lifted just before halftime when Dutchman Georgino Wijnaldum scored from a clever pass ... Read More »

Liverpool vice-captain James Milner admits qualifying for the Champions League is only a step in their development and the most important thing now is to start winning trophies. He said: "It is the best tournament in Europe". "We want to be around the best teams in the world because we are one of the best clubs in the world". Read More »

He was second in defensive win shares (5.4) and second with 3.9 deflections per game. "And what are you going to do about it at the end of the day?" Along with that, LeBron James was also the only player in the league this year to hold those averages while shooting better than 50 percent from the field. Read More »

Patients have been taken to eight hospitals across Manchester - and 12 people under the age of 16 are being treated at Manchester Children's Hospital. "Tomorrow night, I will go to the Manchester Arena Grande concert and throw my handmade grenade in there", the person said on another forum. I want to reiterate what I said this morning about the professionalism of the emergency services and the bravery of the people of Manchester . Read More »

Bisping, who reached the summit of the middleweight division last June, is now sidelined with a knee injury and looks unlikely to return to action anytime soon. Yoel Romero finally has his path to a coveted shot at the middleweight title, as he will face Robert Whittaker for the interim belt in the co-main event of UFC 213. Read More »

Both Pogba and Lingard were subbed out shortly before halftime as manager Jose Mourinho continued to shift the focus toward Wednesday night's Europa League match. "I have seen in the football media that certain pundits can not understand why our players are exhausted", wrote Mourinho. Lingard burst through the middle and played through Pogba, who capitalised on Joel Ward slipping under pressure to slot through Wayne Hennessey's legs in the 19th minute. Read More »

The Celtics , playing without an All-Star in Isaiah Thomas who accounted for almost 27 percent of Boston's total scoring output during the regular season, stunned the Cleveland Cavaliers in their own building Sunday night with a shocking 111-108 win. Read More »

Bobby Ryan beat Marc-Andre Fleury on a breakaway 4:59 into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. Pittsburgh only had 72 hours to recharge following a draining seven-game series against Washington. It wasnt fun to live,  said coach Guy Boucher Sunday. Read More »

We know that they're a good opponent and it'll be hard, just like it was against Sevilla and will be against Malaga ". "But we must think about ourselves and trust in ourselves that we can win it". Real simply needs to get a point on Sunday at Malaga to win the league. Ultimately, Ronaldo's shocking miss did not come back to haunt Real as Kroos added a fourth goal in the 88th minute that took the capital-based club back to the top of the Liga table and three points clear of fierce ... Read More »

Warriors have swept all three of its playoff series and is the first team in National Basketball Association history to start the post-season 12-0, eclipsing the record established by the 1989 and 2001 Los Angeles Lakers . Lacob contends that, despite the outcome, the Warriors were the superior team . "It's still business as usual", Green said . After a great game last go-round, JaVale McGee was mostly a non-factor tonight. Read More »

The right-handed hitting Travis enjoyed a four-game series last week against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, where he went 11-for-19 with four extra-base hits and seven RBIs. They went single, single, walk, single, walk to start the inning, giving them two runs before recording an out. He also has the nack to have a smart eye and works the count well and understands what a pitcher could throw next, it is that reason that has helped him progress so quickly in the Red Sox ... Read More »

Boucher made a different sort of bench move in the first period after Pittsburgh took a 3-0 lead on goals from Olli Maatta , Crosby and Rust in the first 16:04. "It is one game at a time , but we know our next win puts us in contention for the Stanley Cup". They're the best team in the league. When Cullen beat him 1:54 into the second to make it 5-0, the competitive portion of the afternoon over. Read More »

Pune, who ended seventh in the eight-team event last season, lost an early wicket but Ajinkya Rahane (44) played sensible cricket with a 54-run partnership with Smith. " It's a hard one to swallow ", said Smith who called the Mumbai target " below par ". "I am proud of the way the boys played throughout the tournament". Read More »

Twitter and Facebook lit up with heartbreaking appeals for the missing. In a message which contained inaccuracies about the attack, Isis claimed responsibility for the bombing, hailing the attacker as a "soldier of the caliphate". More than 400 officers were deployed. According to police, the blast occurred "within the foyer area of the stadium", although the venue said it was in a public area outside. Read More »

Individually, it was Conte's fourth successive domestic title, having won three in a row with Juventus in Serie A. The Italian led the Blues, who finished 10th last campaign, to the Premier League title and this weekend's FA Cup final during his first season in charge at Stamford Bridge. Read More »

Coming into Sunday's contest, the Cavaliers had lost just one game at home to a team from the East in the play-offs dating to 2015. The Celtics do a good job of hiding Thomas on defense throughout the regular season, allowing top notch defenders in Avery Bradley, Marcus Smart , and Jae Crowder to do the dirty work while Isaiah carries the load on offense, When the playoffs come around, Isaiah is exposed on defense. Read More »

While he has scored 20 Premier League goals and 21 in all competitions, the Spain global brings far more than just goals and it is hard to find a striker that has the all-round game that Costa does. "He gave me that opportunity and I haven't looked back". "I've been very fortunate to work with some unbelievable players and managers throughout my career". Read More »